Siding-bracket



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN WOODARD, OF DELANO, MINNESOTA.

SlDlNG-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,950, dated. May 1, 1883. Application filed September 5, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN WOODARD, of Delano, in the county of Wright, andin the State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new anduseful Improvements in Siding-Brackets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,'reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention has forits objects to provide an, improved bracket to be employed for supportingthe sidings in the construction of frame buildings whilethey are being nailed to the frame-work of the building and adjusting them to any desired position accurately and without trouble, as more fully hereinafter specified.

These objects I attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which is represented a vertical sectional view of my improved bracket.

The letter Aindicates a rod or beam, which may be constructed of any suitable material, and which is graduated on one or both sides, as indicated. The said beam, near ,its lower end, is pivoted in an angle-bracket, B, a porin any position upon said beam, and with brads F, as indicated.

In employing my improved device the bracket is forced up between the upper sidingboard last nailed or secured to the framing of the building, the beam being drawn back at the upper end for the purpose. The slide is then adjusted by means of the graduated scale, and the spring forces the brads in the slide in tothe siding last nailed, holding the devicein position. The siding to be next nailed is then placed upon the slide and held thereon be tween the beam 'and the framing until it is nailed or secured thereto.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

,The combination, with the angular bracket adapted to set between the sidings,ofthe graduated beam pivoted thereto and carrying a slide provided with brads and a set-screw, by means of which it maybe secured in any de sired position, and the spring secured to the bracket and bearing against the lower end of the beam, whereby the brads on the slide are forced into the siding and the device held in place to support the siding to be nailed upon the frame, substantially as specified.

n testimony whereof I affix my signature,ih presence of two witnesses, this 18th day of August, 1882.

STEPHEN VVOODARD.

Witnesses:

A. R. HoLs'roN, N10 BEGON. 

